CRESTON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COMPLEX

FACILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

The facility shows her true colours as the stucco crew remove their scaffolds and tarps. These colours are part of the theme that follows throughout the building from aquatics to the hockey changerooms.

An end of an era happens with the demolition of the James Ross Memorial Pool. Studiously serving the Creston Valley for approximately 35 years, the pool has provided enjoyment and water safety training for immeasurable numbers over the decades. This area will have drainage installed for groundwater and then backfilled and compacted for eventual parking lot use.

Relaxing our rules about bringing toys into the pool has sped the demolition process up immensely.

Another casualty of the project is the old lifeguard room alcove which will be removed shortly from the front of the building. Many guards have passed through this portal.

Standing at the hot tub and looking east shows Adam and Tyler Casemore adding masonry block around the men's and ladies changeroom entrances. The doorway between the 2 genders entrances goes into the family changeroom area which has a number of smaller rooms for changing.

Below, the view from the “prefunction area” outside the Creston room shows the newly floored in space where the main stairs used to come up. This area will serve as a lobby for the Creston Room and allows a great view into the main floor lobby.

The wall to the upper mechanical room is studded and insulated, ready for drywall while the window frames are put in for the fitness track area onto the pool area.

Backfilling around the pool is accelerated with the use of foamcrete - a type of lightweight concrete that is almost a self leveling product which is pumped into place. Along with filling every void around the pools and walls, it saves an incredible amount of time and labour of bringing in fill and compacting in lifts, especially around all the drain piping and electrical conduit which has to be in place prior. The pool deck can then be poured on top once rebar, falsework and embeds are placed.

Pool deck construction continues in sections once the forming or falsework is in place. A complicated and critical process, the deck has to define drainage paths to the appropriate area before the tillers come in to do their work. The entire deck area around the lap pool is now complete.

The concrete has cured and the tilers are going full bore in the leisure pool - first starting with the border accent tiles to establish a level top and then working down from that point. This pool, with all its curves and changing levels is considerably more challenging than the lap pool.

Structural Engineer Wade Griffin gets a ride from Maintenance Foreman Stu Durning as he inspects the steel purlins or beams, that support the tin on the roof. Mr. Griffin will inspect all the purlins in the original building.

The photos below show the three mechanical rooms - the upper floor, the main floor and the basement. These rooms were once large and spacious however those days are gone with the addition of filters, pumps, motors, boilers, ductwork and everything else to make it all work. The end result will be fantastic air and water quality plus entire building services in one location.

 This project is funded by The Canada-British Columbia Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund, the residents of the Creston Valley, and donations.